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Pevensey Bay Angling Club - Beach Fishing Championship Results 2014

The overall PBAC 2014 Beach Championship is awarded to the angler with the most points

gained from fishing the 12 Sunday competitions throughout the year. Congratulations goes to Gerald Sargeant - PICTURED ABOVE - for his impressive total of 247 points beating Colin Isaacs into 2nd place with 224 points, and in third place came Tony Bush with 200 points.

1st Gerald Sargeant 247 points ( GRAND CHAMPION - pictured above!)

2nd Colin Isaacs 224 points

3rd Tony Bush 200 points

4th Dan Wood 177 points

5th Iain Smart 172 points

6th Pupplett 161 points

7th Steve Dell 157 points

8th S Mitchell 150 points

9th Tony Kirrage 145 points

10th Joe Plumstead 140 points

John Craig (LEFT Casablanca Cup winner) being presented with his Cup and prize

John Craig - pictured left above - won the Casablanca Cup and £100 (Sponsored by Dell and Dell Plastering)

Also, very importantly, a special well done to:
Harvey Plumstead won Best Junior Angler - pictured below

Monday, 15 December 2014

On Sunday 7th
December the Eastbourne Nomads A.C. held their annual Christmas Open. Due to an
unfortunate clash with another Open there was not as many entries this year.
But the weather was good, and a good time was had by most. fish caught were
mainly whitings, poutings and dabs, with a few lings and a couple of flounders
and codlings.
The fishing was pegged through Langney Point and divided into 2 zones.
After the winner, the payouts went through the zones with 8 in each zone (9 in
the winning zone), there were also the pools, heaviest flat and round fish,
then top 3 in each zone, there was also a seperate pairs competition with the
top 3 being paid out. The Nomads also put up £150, this was divided for the top
3 Nomads A.C. club members. 31 cash prizes all together.
Trophies and prizes were presented by Snowy Ruffell, the club Chairman, Snowy
has been a member of the Nomads since 1956.
The presentation and raffle was held at the Eastbourne Angling Association.

The overall winner
was Gerald Sargeant with 5lb 5oz of whiting and dabs. Second in A Zone was Paul
King with 5lb 8dr. 3rd Gary Banfield with 4lb 9oz 8dr. 4th
Paul Parsons with 4lb 4 oz 12dr. B Zone winner was Trevor Rooney with 3lb 8oz.
2nd Paul Christopher with 2lb 8oz 4dr. 3rd Dave Rose with
2lb 6oz 12dr and fourth Barry Sinden with 1lb 12oz 8dr. The heaviest round was
a codling of 1lb 3oz 8dr and the heaviest flatfish a flounder of 14oz 12dr for
Dave Hollobone.

ANDERIDA FISHING CLUB

On Thursday 20th
November Anderida held a beach match in Pevensey Bay with 24 anglers catching
mainly whiting. The winner with 12lb 11oz was Dan Wood. Second was Gerald
Sargeant with 10lb 15oz, third Jim Whippy with 9lb 11 ½ oz and fourth Colin
Isaacs with 9lb 7 ½ oz. The superpool winner and biggest round with a whiting of
13oz was Tim Harmer. No flatfish were caught.

On Thursday 4th
December 23 anglers fished in Pevensey Bay again catching mainly whiting. The
results were very close with less than 1lb separating the top 10!!! The winner
with 7lb 12 ¾ oz was Rob Lock. Second with 7lb 11oz was Kevin Morgan. Third was
Colin Everest with 7lb 10oz and fourth Dan Wood with 7lb 7 ½ oz. The superpool
and heaviest round was a codling of 2lb 4 ½ oz for Malcolm Payne and no
flatfish was caught again.

THE NOMADS

On Monday 3rd
November The Nomads fished the 3rd Presidents Cup with Ian Hopper
landing 12lb 13oz 12dr of Pout, Codling and Whiting. Second was Dan Wood with
7lb 8oz 8dr and third Paul Parsons with 7lb 6oz. The heaviest fish was a
codling of 2lb 3oz for Martin Payne and the heaviest flatfish was a sole of 1lb
8oz 8dr.

On Monday 24th
November the first cod and species match was fished. The winner Tony Kirrage
managed 4 species including a codling, dogfish, whiting and dab, for a weight
of 6lb 1 oz. Second was Graham Lewis with 4lb 12oz and third Richard Newman
with 4lb 1oz 8dr. The joint heaviest round winners were Tony Kirrage and Graham
Lewis both with a codling of 1lb 8oz and the heaviest flatfish was a dab of 4oz
for Tony Kirrage.

The second cod and
species competition was held on Wednesday 3rd December with Paul
King landing several codling as well as whiting and a sole for a total weight
of 12lb 8oz as well as 65 species points. Second was Dan Wood also with 65
points and a weight of 10lb 1oz 8dr. Third was Rod Parris with 65 pints and 4lb
11oz 4dr and fourth Paul Parsons with 55 points and 4lb 8oz 4dr. The heaviest
fish saw Paul King win both with a codling of 3lb 4oz and a sole of 12oz 12dr.

NEWHAVEN SEA ANGLERS
CLUB

On Thursday 20th
November the pairs cup was held. The individual winner was B Henderson with 5lb
10 ¼ oz. Second was M Gillett with 5lb 6
¼ oz and third K Skippings with 5lb 4oz. The pairs winners were M Gillett and B
Goodwin with a combined weight of 10lb 4oz.

OVER FIFTIES

Twenty four anglers
fished the over fifties beach match on Wednesday 26th November with
19 weighing in !! The winner with 6lb 14 3/4
oz was Malcolm Payne. Second was Ian Hopper with 6lb 13 ½ oz. 3rd
was Carol Vivian with 6lb 8 ½ oz and fourth Vernon Vivian with 6lb 5oz. The
heaviest round was an eel of 10 ¼ oz for Paul Christopher and the biggest flat
a flounder of 7 ½ oz for Gerald Sargeant.

On Sunday 14th
December 24 anglers took part in the xmas big fish bash!!

Big Fish Big Bash Competitors Dec 2014

Competitors were only
allowed one flatfish and one round fish to weigh in. Heaviest flatfish were all
flounders and first was Ian Hopper with 1lb 2 ½ oz. 2nd Terry Taylor
with 14 ½ oz, 3rd Paul King with 13 ¼ oz and fourth Jim Whippy with
10 ¼ oz. Heaviest round fish were all whiting and joint first were Glyn Morgan
and Joe Plumstead with 12 ½ oz. 3rd was John Ryder with 12oz and 4th
Rod Reynolds with 11oz. The combined superpool winners were 1st Ian
Hopper with 1lb 10oz and second Terry Taylor with 1lb 7oz.

Bayside Bay Charters
sent a picture of a nice 13lb+ Thornback Ray caught on the boat on 30th
November, using mackerel on a flowing trace.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

24 anglers turned out to fish the Big Fish Big Bash Xmas Comp!! This was held in Pevensey Bay, near to Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.
Anglers had to target a big flat fish and a big round fish, only being allowed to weigh in one of each.
There was also a pool for the biggest combined weight of flat and round together. Results were as follows:
Heaviest Flatfish (Flounders)
1st Ian Hopper 1lb 2½oz
2nd Terry Taylor 14½oz
3rd Paul King 13¼oz
4th Jin Wfippy 10¼oz

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

19 anglers fished the Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition held in Pevensey Bay on Weds 10th December, with 17 weighing in fish. Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point. Main species were Whiting, but there were also a number of Dogfish caught.

Monday, 1 December 2014

Skipper Dave Burton sent us this photo of a Thornback Ray caught on his charter boat Bayside, out of Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour. It weighed in at just over 13lb and was taken on flowing trace and mackerel.